Former Assassin's Creed creative director Patrice Desilets wasn't the only Ubisoft Montreal employee let go from the studio this week. According to Desilets, Assassin's Creed producer and former THQ Montreal colleague Jean-François Boivin has also been fired by Ubisoft.

"Thinking of my good friend and producer [Jean-François Boivin] who also got fired yesterday," Desilets tweeted today. "I'm sharing your support with him..."

seems to happen to all the talented people these days. seems like as soon as a series is popular enough with a decent following they just kick out the high dollar employees and contract the work out to cheaper smaller dev teams. . .